Employee Assistance Service (EAS)

Provided by Spectrum.life

The Employee Assistance Service (EAS) is a 24/7 free and confidential support service designed to assist you in dealing more effectively with any personal or workrelated problems you may be facing. The service is also available to your spouse, civil partner and dependants where the family member is over the age of 18 and residing in the family home.

The contact details are as follows-

EAS for Teachers & SNAs

Free Phone: 1800 411 057

SMS & WhatsApp Text ‘Hi’ to 087 369 0010

Email: eap@spectrum.life

EAS for Staff other than Teachers and SNA’s

Free Phone: 1800 814 243

SMS & WhatsApp: Text ‘Hi’ to 087 369 0010

Email: eap@spectrum.life

For more information, please go to Kerry ETB Policy SharePoint: HR:HR Policies: Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Service

Designated Contact Person (DCP)

The role of the Designated Contact Person (DCP) is to provide information in the form of a confidential, non-judgmental discussion, to any staff member in the organisation, who has concerns in relation to their working relationship(s). They are the first point of contact for staff members who feel they are being subjected to bullying and harassment behaviour and are seeking advice on how to proceed.

Contact can be made initially by phone, thereafter a person-toperson meeting will be arranged for a mutually acceptable time.

Kerry ETB Contact Persons

Elizabeth Forsyth Phone 066 71 93953

Email dcp@kerryetb.ie

Anne O’Connor Phone 066 71 93951

Email dcp@kerryetb.ie

Further information is available on Kerry ETB Policy SharePoint: HR:HR Policies:Wellbeing Folder:

Designated Contact Persons Pack

Single Public Service Pension Scheme

The Single Public Service Pension Scheme (“Single Pension Scheme”) started on 1st January 2013.

If you joined the public service for the first time on or after 1st January 2013 in a pensionable capacity, in general terms this is the Scheme that applies to you. This Scheme is an occupational pension scheme for public servants. It means that your contributions are not invested in the stock market and the Exchequer supports Kerry ETB in paying your benefits under the Scheme.

It is a defined benefit scheme, with retirement benefits based on careeraverage pay (not final salary). This means that your retirement benefits (pension and lump sum) are based on a % of your pensionable earnings throughout your public service career as a member of the Scheme. For each pay period that you contribute to the Scheme, you build up an amount towards your retirement benefits. The total of these amounts at retirement, with some adjustments for increase in inflation for the amounts earned earlier in your career, determines what your retirement benefits will be.

The contributions paid by you on a fortnightly or monthly basis in relation to your pensionable service are: 3.5% of gross pensionable remuneration plus 3.5% of net pensionable remuneration. The maximum compulsory retirement age in the Single Scheme is age 70.

For further details please log on to www.singlepensionscheme.gov.ie

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